Pencil-holder.



M. P. HERMANN.

l PENCIL HOLDERV. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2s, 1910.

Patented NOV. '7, 1911.

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IINVENTQR NTED STATES PATENT FFCE.

MAX P. HERMANN, OF PHILADELPHA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAX P. HERMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and count;T of Philadelphia. in the State ot' lennsvivania, have invented certain new ano useful linproveiuenie' in Pencil-Heldere; of which the tollowii j ie a Si' ilication.

lily invention i'elaiee to holders for pencils, and the like, character in which the pencil may oe shifted lengthwise altennatelv to its outer or protriuled position. or position for use, and to its inner or protected vposition, in which last named poeition ils point is covered by the casing` and protected from injury.

lt is: the object, generally. of my invention, to provide a device of this class in the use ot' which lthe pencil may be very quickly shifted, by a one-hand operation, from either position to the other. y

My in u'oved holder i especially devieei'l tor the purpose of using, iu connection with it. the ordinary Musil-coveted. or paper or olxerivi covered, Leucil, as disstioguished from uncoi-ei'ed leads, and conipreluuuls,l

-provisions which enable the very ienlistme- In the accompanying drawings, the body of the holder is shown a. tubular container in the bore ot which, at any desire-Cl point, le provided tixed Stop or shoulder a7. Said boi. f may, it' desired, be

conveniently formed oi 'two short, lengths of tube E, c, the end of the einfallen. o, is ineerfted withi the end of the la ger, c, and secured in such position 'ov solder otherwise, and, in suoli construct tue uop-e of the tooe o will consti-.rife the stop or shoulder (Z.

A stop e, carried by the penoih and cooperating with. the stop d in ant nal-ieally arresting the descent of the pencil. at the lected point when the pencil is dropping; to its protifuded position, may be convenient-l f Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 28, 1910.

Iatented Nov. '7, 1911.

Serial No. 563,534.

a partially projecting and i'eadil)y1 removed and replaced *plug or stopper, rubber.

lThe wall ol the lower portion of the holder body, Whether said body is constructed as illustrated or otherwise, is formed with a slot or opening, g, extending preferably from a point. above the adjacent open end of said body, a Suitable distance upward, according to the proportioning of the parte. along said body'.

is a light quick-actingr spring tongue, carried by said body, tlte'basal'end ol which tongue is relatively iixed, and the bod, ifi which ie :ulapted to move or Swing :adialljyy in and out with respect'to the holder, the normal sei: of the spring' tongue being, however, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. H, outward, and such aS to tend to maintain it out of Contact with a pencil contained in the holder. Said spring tongue is in the con-y struction illustrate-:l formedv or provided with the ina ,irc lj." projecting or tooth z', the end ec of which. from side edge to side edge, pre vogably embodies a concave recess, (Hee Fig. iV) which approximately conforme to the external curvature of the pencil bodies against which, in use, it will engage.

The exterf'iil face of the spring tongue is Shaped to embody an inclined plane, against which the annuhis (whereof hereafter) in its movement impinges, along which it rides to occasion tile depression of said tongue.v Said incline and the crest of the j@ of erasing inc-line, when noi depressed b v the annulus, extend, in the embodiment illustrated, outeide the external tace' of the holder.

7e an nnnulus, mounted upon, and free to slide. for a Short distance with respect to, the body ot' tbe loivei portion of the holder, being. in the embodiment illustrated, limited in its downward movement by the screw stud Said annulus Surrounds the Spring tongue. and, when the former is in the i. ration shown in full. lines` in Fig. H, it

maintains aid tongue in its depressed posi tion so that lgiie end or' tooh projects Within the were of the holder.

m is e pencil. ol ordinary diameter, in which the leed is the Centex.' of a. eylimli'iezil body of wood, peper, o1' other suitable Inwieiizil, :ind the upper end of which einv braced by the stop in the 'foi'ni of :i Ting e,

in Fig. H the-pencil is shown es in its pi 'irxifiecl position, and with ille nnnnlns in iis first or normal posilion over the free enfl of llie spring; tongue; in this position olf parte lzlie nnnnlne presses tlie en/,l oi motli o 'Clie sniine' tongue :xgnins llie side of i'lie penoii enfl lms foi-ees ille body oi the pencil against the opposite Well of ene iiolfle,

' whereby smid pencil is heini iii'miy ngfziinel play or wnlilulingg.

In Hl ille peneii is shown in ile closed oi proeetecl position, willi the annnlne in its first position, and, shown. l'lie ioolii oi' end of the spring' fougue, projects wiliiin the boire of die holder, in iironi of ilie inclined or tapered ieee oi? lie noinied end of iilie pencil, and 'time eonlinen lille pencil in its contained o1 piroleelieli poeiigion, by blocking' ie egrese.

in enemtion, Wiiel'i the neneii ie in ile pi'oincled position, and ii is desire-rl 'go ln'inglj I lo ie linoteeteel position, the lioiiei is held in lie hand with llie pencil. poinlL uppermost and the lilinni'lg 'piece-fi on l'lie mijnnine, whereupon linA e loiret nio'vei' nl oi'E tiinnli the nnnnins is (linwn lin l'lie .eee-- omi nosiion (yi. e. l'l'ie nosilion Shown in lotlel lines in Fig. Ul: ineani'; ille spring iongne moves radially onifwfnm, ie

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